From the time that the South lost the Civil War and went into decline, there was talk of a New South in virtually every era. Much of that New South was never going to occur until the civil rights movement, but even after that time, the creation of a New South was very much in question.
But is it today? In so many ways, the South has reinvigorated itself on virtually every level and has become a draw for so many people from the North, as well as from foreign nations. Southern cities boom, southern universities thrieve. Yet poverty and public education still trail other parts of the nation.
My question is: is the New South a dead issue? Has the South risen to where this is no longer an issue, despite the areas of growth that still need to take place. My sense is that the issue is dead now; what do southerners think?
But is it today? In so many ways, the South has reinvigorated itself on virtually every level and has become a draw for so many people from the North, as well as from foreign nations. Southern cities boom, southern universities thrieve. Yet poverty and public education still trail other parts of the nation.
My question is: is the New South a dead issue? Has the South risen to where this is no longer an issue, despite the areas of growth that still need to take place. My sense is that the issue is dead now; what do southerners think?